When you buy a lamp or an electric mixer and plug it into a receptacle, the
receptacle normally will be wired up with 12 or 14 gauge wire with a 15 or 20
amp circuit breaker.
Match the wire to the breaker and vise versa.
But the appliance will have a 16 or 18 gauge wire in it. Think of xmas tree
lights. How fine those wires are but still supplied with at least 15 amps.
I want to connect a blower motor in my shop to an existing circuit. 50 amp 3
phase receptacle. The blower motor only needs 3 amps. I don’t want to change
the circuit breaker. I don’t want to install a motor starter relay. Trying to
be cheap, and safe but legal in the event something should happen.
Any opinions?
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